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| 2004-09-26 | Two traitors at the UMNO general assembly: Anwar Ibrahim and money politics There was no discussion on these issues, only a series of edicts, and
the promise that that while the Malay and bumiputra would dominate in
every sphere of Malaysian life, it is the non-Malay who would
benefit. Islam Hadhari was also discussed: it is not a sect; it
receives foreign attention, with several asking about it. But only
one man seemed to know what it is: Pak Lah. Somehow it fell flat
amongst the delegates. One delegate called it, in private, Islam
Terlari (Islam Derailed). But then this happens when an idea is
forced upon the public with scant understanding of what it is. Even
UMNO members are in the dark about it, but they are told it is for
their own good. To put it in a nutshell, the twin traitors derailed
this year's UMNO general assembly, with or without Islam
Hardhari.
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| 2004-08-21 | The UMNO fight for the Malay ground runs into heavy weather
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| 2004-08-20 | Corruption in UMNO: those who live by the sword dies by the sword
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| 2004-08-16 | Is it Islam Hadari or UMNO Islam? Then it spouted Islam Hadhari, or progressive Islam, which it would
not debate either, as a counterweight to PAS's Islamic agenda. While
we know what PAS has in mind, we do not know UMNO's or the Malaysian
government's plan. But the ruling National Front (BN) coalition, not
knowing what it was all about, accepted it for no reason than that
UMNO wanted it. We still do not know what it means. Or how it differs
from Islam as we know it. But Islam Hadhari is spread far and wide as
an ideal, without any explanation of what it is or stands for. We are
told that Islam Hadhari is a better alternative to PAS's
fundamentalist Islam.
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| 2004-08-09 | The turf battles for the Muslim and Malay mind destroy the non-Malay and middle ground
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| 2004-08-07 | Corruption and abuse of power in UMNO Hadhari elections
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| 2004-07-27 | Weakness in strength
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| 2004-07-16 | Two political sparks meet – and set alight UMNO and PAS
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| 2004-07-14 | The UMNO presidency: How to lose by winning
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| 2004-06-29 | The importance of being KeADILan In the present set-up, PAS and DAP, in their extreme positions, cancel
each other. The two can neither get together nor modify their
political positions. The DAP needs the Chinese vote to survive, and
this is brainwashed into accepting as fact that PAS will amputate
hands and legs for theft. It believes BN would not, but in the
politics of today, the battle royale is between BN's UMNO and PAS
over who could turn Malaysia into an Islamic state quicker; their
political debate is which of their brands of Islam - UMNO's Islam Hadhari (Progressive Islam) or PAS's fundamentalist creed - should be
adopted. When push comes to shove, there is no difference. But the
Chinese vote is sure there is. The DAP cannot ignore it. PAS is
unwilling to change either.
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| 2004-05-20 | The will of the people
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| 2004-04-25 | Blinded in the eye of the storm, Pak Lah cannot do what he must The form in Malaysia is more important than the substance. The
OIC has 57 members; but only 14 attended, and fewer than half a dozen
foreign ministers. This meeting should have been next month, but it
was put forward because Mr Bush agrees with Mr Sharon, in the
meanwhile, that it is all right to assassinate Mr Arafat. Malaysia
raised scarely a voice when Iraq was invaded last year. How could it
when it agreed with President Bush's war on terror, and Iraq was a
target of that war, whilst it detained without trial the Muslim
rabble who dare support Islamic mutinies overseas. Whether they do is
another matter. The government says they are and did, are too
dangerous and injurious to national security to have them tried in
open court. For this service to the war on terror, Washington pats
its back as one would a faithful dog. Malaysia jumped on board this
war gleefully if only that Washington now sees how useful detention
without trial is. Washington praises Kuala Lumpur for its commitment
to Islam Hadhari (progressive Islam). That this Islam exists only in
the minds of Orientalists is a minor detail that can, and should, be
ignored. Malaysia and Pak Lah needed Islamic legitimacy in the Muslim
world and in Malaysia itself. Malaysia would send troops to Iraq
under a UN mandate, Pak Lah said. No, thank you, said the Iraq
foreign minister, we do not want any Muslim troops; we can take care
of our security. Not true, but is Iraq about to reveal what it needs
to this unrepresentative cabal of Islamic nations?
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| 2004-03-22 | The BN's unexpected landslide mandate comes with it a flawed EC and a host of problems
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| 2004-03-07 | PAS questions Pak Lah's Islamic credentials, which BN labels a personal attack
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| 2004-03-06 | Reply to an Open letter to MGG Pillai and the Opposition: As suspicious as always
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| 2004-02-11 | Is Malaysia involved in the transfer of nuclear technology to Muslim nations?
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| 2004-02-09 | The shifting sands of Islamic politics in Malaysian mosques
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| 2003-12-21 | Why is Pak Lah het up at the US list on religious freedom?
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| 2003-10-28 | The UMNO-PAS conundrum and the politics of an Islamic state
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| 2003-08-13 | Orientalism, Jihad and the Amrozi death penalty
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